I love those pencils! They will brighten up so many boxes. ❤ You found so many nice items. Those canvas bags from Dollar Tree are a rare find! Merry Christmas to you and your family! 😊

Pronounced mac ra ma is what I remember.

Awesome finds at the ReStore! Now that I think about it, I haven’t seen those rag dolls at DT here in the states in forever. Love the make your own music boxes! Those are so cool! TFS ❤

Total count of the pencils was 821, and there was 121 of the earring/ring sets

This is an incredible haul! The boxes from the restore are amazing! Those pencils are adorable! You got some great stuff at Dollartree and Dollarama! I’m impressed!!! I think it’s so interesting to see what different things are available at the different locations! Love this haul!!!

Great Find

Great haul.The pencils were amazing. You should also put one in all of your boxes next year. They will be great for pencil packs too.Thanks for sharing ❤

You can make so many filler packs with the pencils. Amazing! 👏🙂

Great haul ❤

Macrame....Mak-ru-may

HEEEYYYY! I’m from Edmonton and my boxes definitely were sent to Calgary to be processed… so cool!!!

I'm glad you had a great experience at the PC in Calgary! So funny you mentioned your dry mouth because it was the same with me lol my lips were hurting so bad! I scooped a bunch of candy out of one shoebox...like a lot! I'm sure the people that gave it had no idea and meant well. Yes, there were a lot of shoeboxes with used items. You could tell a mom likely went around her house and threw toys that her kids no longer wanted inside. 😐 I had a lot of similar experiences that you did. Thanks so much for sharing this all with us.💗

Impressed.

It’s so fun to see where the boxes go!! Mine went to Colombia and Ukraine 🇺🇦.

Could have added the underwear inside of the water bottle.

You would be a great full-time employee of OCC.

Thank you for sharing! Have a very Merry Christmas! 🎄

Would love more stories - can you come up with another 10 minutes worth? Would love to hear them. When will the PC be finished with all the shoeboxes that they collected in Canada?

I put my labels in the middle of boxes. Forgot about the taping in the middle. I think the box with tools probably was for a girl since it had a Barbie in it. Girls build stuff too.

More stories please.☺☺

This was so neat! How beautiful was that rabbit?! TFS! <3

I pack bulging boxes. I hope items are not removed. Thank you for the video. Maybe I will try not to overfill next years

Thanks for sharing. Some of those boxes made me smile. The more I see what other people do, the more ideas I get.

I think the Calgary processing center is huge! The tall shelves. I really liked the tool kits. Thanks for sharing your experience at the processing center which is similar to everyone working there. More appropriate filler and more packed shoeboxes. I bought the same ornament!

Thank you nicole for sharing this video. I too was at the processing center with pam. Glad you two met on the plane and had a great conversation. Merry christmas to you❤

Congratulations on your first processing experience! It sounds similar to many but a bit concerning. Removing items from a box because it is bulging is not allowed in the U.S. If necessary, the items are sent to the shoebox hospital for a bigger box. As you mentioned about keeping the doll inside the box to protect the integrity… that is also true for a bulging box. I’m curious if the direction came from your coach and if she was a year round volunteer or a temp? Also curious as to why the coloring book was removed? Was it scary? We are not permitted to remove an item in the U.S. if we don’t care for it. We don’t know the intention of the sender and maybe the recipient has an older sibling that would be overjoyed with that item. Just my honest thoughts Nicole. I am thrilled you were able to go and get a full experience. And now you also see the need for fillers. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. And I did listen to the end! ❤

We had a LOT of boxes delivered to our drop off center without labels. The drop off center itself ran out of labels so we told the people dropping it off not to worry -- that the processing center would add them.

This is why we do what we do with our unboxings videos, to educate and inspire others who don’t know what we know. I became a church project leader and year round Connect Volunteer with the church relations team to hopefully help others pack. When you stated you were given permission to redistribute/remove items my heart sank. Here in the US that is NOT ok. That breaks the integrity of the box. I am curious did that come from the table lead or OCC floor manager/employee with Samaritan’s Purse?

Hi Nicole, Thank you for sharing your reflections. When I saw your first Vid., I wanted to come join you. Australia, like Calgary, is small and thus so familiar. Likewise, what you said. Each dedicated Shoebox packer has their own signature, and it can be hard not to see Showboxes of a similar standard. However, I feel blessed to have the opportunity to add some extra love and complete a shoebox as intended. But, I have been cheeky and taken Filler from the another table. Like you, I was advised not to do so. So, I would be careful about "smuggling" in little treasures. 😊

Thank you for your caring processing.

The snow is oh so beautiful! Enjoyed hearing about the filtered water and aid for hurricane victims. Nice behind the scenes interview. TFS!

Love your new desk buddy and of course the very informative video as a whole. I am always wondering how things work at the processing centres. So I love the insights you youtubers provide. Thx! 😊

Thank you so much for the details. I was also wondering about the filler situation and how you were able to fill boxes. Also the percentage of boxes that you all had to add things to. You do pack super boxes. I also wondered where you were from. Thank you for your work, and testimony.

Why can you not bring your own filler to use at your station????

How bulging does a box have to be before they remove things? I’ve never heard of that being done. 😢 Thanks for sharing your experience!

You did add filler to those boxes? Did they have lots of fillers???

Samaritans Purse is often one of the first organizations to arrive at diasters. They are easy to notice with their bright orange vests/shirts.😊

Just seeing the snow made me smile! It is so cool to see how different people pack boxes. WHAT A FUN TOOLBOX idea!!!

The tour seems to have been very interesting. I look forward to your video about the impressions you have gathered at the processing centre 😊

Blessings to Canada for helping out Florida in their time of need. Loved your snowy clips. Beautiful!

Few people realise how much of an impact a WSH program can have on a community. I heard from one SP missionary who described how a lack of hygiene significantly impacted education and employment. So much so that children rarely progressed from elementary to secondary (high) school. Following the introduction of the WSH program in one community, a new elementary school was built, followed by a secondary school because of the increased demand for education. And the development of teaching and learning resources for science and maths ... Just gives a whole new meaning to more than a shoebox!

So glad you had an opportunity to serve Nicole! I can’t believe you had to fly to get there! We are certainly spoiled here. WOW! Those boxes were nice and full! A lot of clothing items! Thanks for sharing!

Wow! It’s the first time I’ve seen a Canadian OCC PC! Guess what?! It looks just like the ones here in the US 😆. Glad you got the opportunity to volunteer. Thanks for sharing, Nicole! PS, I want that same breakfast 😋

Thank you for sharing your trip to the processing center! ❤❤❤

Nice video. Thanks so much for sharing. After watching the Atlanta and Dallas and Denver ones, it did seem small! Did they tell you where your boxes were going that day? Loved all the boxes you showed us!!! Can you give us an overall summary of thoughts? Was there a lot of filler already there for you to use?

Great video, Nicole! Wow! Those tool boxes!

Yay! 🎉❤ Thank you for sharing your processing center trip! We go on Tuesday 🥰🙏 the tool boxes were so cool!

You have such a calming voice. Thank you for the video. I just thought I had collapsible water bottles, but yours use less space. Where did you find those and what materials are used to make them?

Great shoeboxes! Lots of wonderful gifts. I like the small marble game/maze. I know it's disappointing when you have to take items out because they won't fit. Thanks for sharing ☺️

I love vintage treasures like the sand sun or the camera with pictures to click through ❤